Reunited

Author’s notes: This is the 14th chapter of my ongoing series between Commander Megan Shepard, her lover and XO Miranda Lawson, and the crew of the SSV Normandy. This chapter is a partial response to a kink meme, so expect kinky, smutty goodness. Read the previous 13 chapters as there are lots of references to prior events, or else you’ll find yourself lost. Once again, enjoy, REVIEW, favorite and introduce to your friends and fellow authors, and keep sending your reviews and ideas. And thanks to Riekenen for reviewing dutifully, you’re awesome! And for the love of God, REVIEW people. I need to know if you’re enjoying this. Oh right, the italics are used to denote thoughts and other ‘deep and profound brain things’, in the words of the immortal lemur King Julian (yeah, obviously Madagascar). Commander Megan Shepard can be seen with Miranda Lawson in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVPIKd0LUQI

The door to the Captain and XO’s quarters opened, and Commander Megan Cassandra Shepard stepped inside. “Miri? Where are you?”Megan called out sweetly as Miranda’s reply came in from the bed area. “I’m here honey.” She smiled and walked over to the bed, but before she could head down the three steps leading to the bed, her jaw dropped. Lying on the bed on her side and propped up on her right elbow was Miranda Anne Lawson; her legs stretched out and bent at the knees to enhance her curvy figure and her more than ample chest proudly sticking out. However, what really got Megan’s jaw to drop was her attire.

She was clad in a variant of the nice black latex uniform she usually wore. However, this variant was completely made up of clear latex, and the Commander could see Miranda in all her naked glory through the completely see-through latex catsuit. Megan had absolutely no idea that her girlfriend even owned something like that even though they had been sharing quarters and the wardrobe, and sleeping and making love to each other on the same bed for 11 months now. So seeing Miranda wear something like that was rather startling for the redhead. “You seem surprised Cassie. I take it that you like my love suit?”Miranda purred as she got up and sashayed over to Megan, who was just standing there with her jaw slack and staring speechlessly at the beautiful brunette.

Miranda caressed Megan’s face before she pulled the stunned woman in for a long, heated and tongue filled kiss before she pulled away. “You’re mine tonight Megan. Oh, you’re all mine.”Miranda said saucily with a hint of malice in her large, radiant cerulean eyes before she glowed a brilliant blue, and she flung Megan onto the bed and kept her pinned down with her biotics as she headed over to the nightstand, her perfect hips swaying suggestively. She took a couple of handcuffs from the nightstand and cuffed Megan to the bedposts before she literally jumped onto Megan with a feral look in her eyes.

“Miri, what the hell-”Megan began, finally finding her voice before Miranda shut her up with a tight slap to her face. “Shut up. You’ve neglected me for so long, and I think that you should be court-martialed for that.”Miranda whispered throatily with a salacious wink as Megan opened her mouth to reply. “But...but...we just had sex last night! What the fuck are you on about?”The redhead spluttered, not comprehending why Miranda would say that she neglected her when she was actually very well taken care of by the Commander, both in life and in bed. “I mean to say that you’ve never granted me any of my fantasies.”Miranda whispered into Megan’s ear, her hot breath tickling the redhead’s ear.

“What! Just because I won’t let you spank and bang me senseless while I wear a nurse’s uniform doesn’t mean I’m neglecting you!”Megan cried out as Miranda’s expression hardened. “Oh yes it does. Now shut up, because you deserve the punishment.”She hissed with raw sexual desire in her eyes as she let the Commander go from her biotic bonds and flipped Megan over onto her stomach, tangling the chains of the cuffs while she grabbed the riding crop from underneath the bed. “Bad girl, Cassie.”Miranda spat as she whipped Megan’s well-toned buttocks hard. “Ouch! Stop it Miri!”Megan yelped in pain as she vainly struggled to get free.

“You will address me as ‘mistress’ from now on. Understood, my filthy little slut?”Miranda hissed, punctuating each word with a stroke of the whip. “Please Miri! Stop playing this game! I’m not enjoying it!”Megan cried out in pain as Miranda whipped her three more times. “I don’t care, and you can only address me as mistress. And I will make you enjoy it, my pretty slave.”Miranda purred as she whipped Megan one more time before she flipped Megan back onto her back, and unzipped the zipper on the crotch of her catsuit before she sat on Megan’s face, her pussy right above Megan’s lips. “Lick me, Cassie honey.”Miranda purred saucily as Megan opened her mouth to speak. “Miri, please...”Megan begged but her plea was cut off by Miranda violently forcing her head up against her crotch.

“I don’t feel any licking, and you will only call me mistress!”Miranda roared as Megan just complied, sticking her tongue out to lick Miranda’s clit. “Oh yeah...mommy likes it like that...”Miranda sighed contentedly, her eyes rolling into the back of her tossed-back head in pleasure as Megan continued her oral ministrations. Under the pleasurable assault of Megan’s deft, skilled tongue, Miranda only managed to last five minutes before she came right into Megan’s mouth. “OH FUCK ME CASSIE I’M CUMMING! OOOOOHH!”The brunette screamed, clinging onto the bed’s headboard for dear life as she squirted her juices into Megan’s mouth and some got onto her face. When Miranda recovered from her orgasmic haze, she added to Megan’s humiliation by wiping herself off on Megan’s face.

She got off the bed, and procured the chick dick from the closet while she stripped out of her catsuit. When she was done stripping, she strapped the dildo onto herself and activated it, sighing softly when she felt the familiar sensation of 2 of the 3 wires shooting out and attaching themselves to her inner walls, and the final one attaching itself to her clit. “Get ready for this Cassie.”Miranda whispered maliciously with yet another wink as she kneeled on the bed in between Megan’s spread legs, resting the tip of the dildo on Megan’s soft, pink silken petals as she towered menacingly over the Commander while slinging her legs over her shoulder. She then squeezed Megan’s firm b-cup breasts as she thrust in hard, moaning in pleasure at the sensation of Megan’s womanhood squeezing tightly against her phallus. “Please Miri, stop! Uuh!”Megan cried out in a juxtaposition of lust and resistance.

“What did I tell you to call me, slave? Oh God...so wonderful!”Miranda hissed, thrusting deep into Megan’s pussy. “Miri-mistress, please stop!”Megan moaned as Miranda began flicking her nipples while thrusting deep and hard into her tight, slick heat. “Do you really want me to?”Miranda teased as she continued ramming the large dildo into Megan’s sex. “No-I mean yes mistress! Oh God!”Megan cried out in pleasure as she neared her orgasm. “Mmh I think you want me to bring you to orgasm you dirty slut!”Miranda moaned, feeling the familiar white hot spark building up in her nether regions as she continued thrusting for another five minutes before they came to a roaring climax together.

“OOOOOHH I’M CUMMING MIRI!”Megan shrieked as she climaxed, and her walls constricted tightly around the chick dick and sent Miranda into her own orgasm as the redhead shot her vaginal fluids all around the dildo. “AAAAAHH FUCK YES MEGAN!”Miranda screamed, collapsing onto Megan as she shot her own feminine cum deep into Megan’s already sopping wet womanhood, filling it to the brim and over. The ejaculates of both women mixed together within Megan, and spilled out of Megan’s vagina when Miranda pulled out, moaning weakly. The curvy brunette just lay atop Megan for awhile, panting and sighing contentedly as she listened to the instrumental music that was playing in the cabin and the sound of their hearts beating.

When she regained her strength, she lifted herself off Megan, who was still cuffed to the bedposts. She roughly grabbed the back of Megan’s head and her maroon ponytail and forced her toy down Megan’s throat, smiling with sadistic pleasure, thrusting in and out as she watched her enslaved lover gag and splutter as she tried to accommodate the phallus, completely at the dominant woman’s mercy. Soon, Miranda screamed Megan’s name as she came and flooded the redhead’s mouth and throat with her juices, and forced the now docile Commander to drink it all up. The XO then rested for awhile before she moved lower and violated Megan’s anal passage, savoring every thrust before she came in Megan’s tighter hole as the redhead climaxed together with her.

Miranda dominated Megan for hours, fucking the redhead repeatedly in every hole and ejaculating in every one of Megan’s orifices. Finally, the domineering brunette decided she was fully satisfied, and she took out a roll of electrical tape from the nightstand, uncuffing Megan before she taped the completely docile redhead’s hands together, and then taped them the right post of the bed. She then taped Megan’s ankles together, and gagged the Commander with a long strip of tape taped over her beautiful lips. Megan let out a series of muffled moans and cries, but Miranda just ignored them. Instead, she took out a small pink vibrator and placed it on Megan’s clit before she taped the toy to the taller woman’s legs.

Satisfied that the vibrator wouldn’t be going anywhere due to it being taped to Megan’s legs, which were unable to move due to the thick swath of tape binding her ankles, Miranda turned it on and looked at her lover’s defeated face, savoring the helpless and scared look in Megan’s large, enchanting honey green eyes as Megan began to struggle futilely as she moaned her protests, which were silenced by the electrical tape covering her mouth. “Goodnight my cute little whore.”Miranda smiled predatorily, kissing Megan on her cheek before Miranda settled into the bed, removing the strap-on and tossing it aside before she tucked the bound redhead and herself in with the blanket, which was now drenched with their juices as Megan’s muffled protests and struggling intensified.

The Commander’s head slumped onto her pillow in defeat after awhile, giving up. This was going to be a long night for her. Miranda was about to drift off to sleep with a contented smile on her beautiful face when she was suddenly shaken awake. Miranda snapped out of her very erotic dream when she felt someone vigorously shaking her awake. Not fully alert yet, the brunette beauty’s years of Cerberus training took over for her, and she concluded that the person shaking her awake was a threat.

She grabbed her knife hidden in a sheath woven into her nightshirt before she grabbed the offending hand and flung the person down onto the bed, jumping onto the person and straddling her as she pressed the blade against the intruder’s throat, all in fewer than three seconds. Finally Miranda was fully alert, and she saw that she was pressing the knife into the throat of the love of her life, Commander Megan Cassandra Shepard.

Tears began to well up in her eyes when she saw Megan’s shocked and dazed expression, and she tossed the knife aside, pulling the redhead up into a sitting position and hugged Megan tightly, sobbing loudly against the redhead’s exposed shoulder. “Bloody hell I almost killed you Cassie! I’m so sorry!”Miranda sobbed as Megan reciprocated the hug, gently stroking the brunette’s tousled raven-black hair. “Shh, it’s ok now Miri.”Megan whispered into Miranda’s ear reassuringly, trying to recall the chain of events leading up to now. Megan had woken up right next to Miranda, and she smiled when she saw the brunette smiling and sleeping soundly like a baby, and she gently extricated herself from Miranda’s embrace, placating the woman with a kiss on her forehead.

Ever since the two vivacious, stunningly sexy and madly in love women shared quarters, they had been taking every opportunity to ‘experiment’ and explore each other’s bodies. And Megan had found out the hard way that Miranda was a very energetic woman, and she always woke up in an extremely horny mood. Miranda usually got up before Megan did, and she would wake Megan up before proceeding to give the Commander a very pleasurable and sexual ‘wake up call’. Thus, Megan had resolved to wake up before her Miri did, otherwise she was seriously screwed. She giggled softly at the double etendre, still looking lovingly at her lifelong love, who was still whimpering and moaning softly, drooling slightly onto her pillow.

“Goodnight my cute little whore...”She moaned softly, flipping onto her side and curling up as her smile grew wider, and Megan’s smile faded away into a look of surprise. Checking the time on her omnitool, Megan realized it was 0946, and she was curious as to what Miranda was dreaming about, so she decided to wake Miranda up. Very bad idea. One moment, she was shaking Miranda awake, and the next thing she knew was that she was on her back with Miranda on top of her, straddling her with her thighs by the Commander’s hips and pressing a knife into her neck.

Now, she was comforting the curvy beauty who was still sobbing slightly on her shoulder. “Well I’m still here aren’t I?”Megan smiled reassuringly at Miranda, who looked up at Megan guiltily. “It’s no joking matter! I nearly killed you!”Miranda quavered, but Megan just silenced her with a quick kiss on her lips and rested her forehead against the brunette’s and wiped her tears away. “Honestly speaking, I never expected you to go ninja on me. And where’d you hide the knife? Never seen you with one.”The redhead chuckled, stroking Miranda’s jet-black hair as the brunette giggled in spite on the situation.

“All Cerberus operatives are issued knives to be prepared for anything. And as for where I hid it...that’s highly privileged information and is way above your clearance level, Commander.”Miranda purred saucily, giving Megan yet another one of her signature winks. “Oh really XO Lawson? I think I’ll hack into the mainframe and get my clearance.”The Commander grinned cheekily as she threw Miranda back down onto the bed and began tickling the ex-Cerberus agent senseless, and the room was filled with the delighted squeals and laughter of the two women who were rolling around on the bed, Miranda curling up in a ball to protect herself from Megan’s relentless tickle assault. Eventually, Megan pulled away panting heavily, getting off the bed.

“Where do you think you’re going Cassie?”Miranda gasped, sitting up. “Well, there’s work to be done, and we’ve to get supplies on Beken-”Megan started, but was cut off by her lover who placed her index finger on the redhead’s beautiful, pouty lips before she began to kiss her way down the cotton nightgown, and finally stopped at her crotch. “I don’t think I’ve given you your wake-up call yet, Megan.”Miranda whispered throatily, looking up at the Commander who was now blushing as she licked her lips, hiked the hem of Megan’s nightgown up and shoved the redhead back down onto the bed. She then began to run her tongue sensuously over Megan’s uncovered, heated womanhood. Oh Lord. This woman’s going to be the death of me. Megan thought as she closed her eyes and let out breathy moans of pleasure.

After the ‘wake-up’ call, they went to brush their teeth and shower together, and what was usually a 20 minute process became 40 minutes long due to the both of them feeling each other up and teasing each other. Finally when they were done showering and playing with each other, they stepped out of the bathroom stark naked and they checked their messages on Megan’s terminal. Megan finished checking hers in a minute; all of it being spam except for a request that Megan attend a meeting with Councilor Anderson, the Alliance brass and the Council in 6 days time. Miranda checked hers and was almost done when she saw a message from Oriana, her sister. She let out an involuntary squeal of pure joy when she opened it. Megan’s curiosity was pricked and she leaned over to see what made her squeal, and she saw the message.

Hey Miri! It’s your little sis, Oriana! I heard that you and Commander Megan Shepard blew up the baddies that were kidnapping humans from colonies. I’m so proud of you sis! And I saw the little love vid of you and Shepard getting dirty in that club, tee hee. Never knew you swung that way, but I’m still happy you found someone to be with. And before I forget, I’d like to meet you at Milgrom Nature Reserve’s Great Oak Fall. And bring along your girlfriend, a.k.a. Commander Shepard, LOL. When can you make it? I’d really love to meet up with my guardian angel, especially since my term ends this Friday, which is tomorrow down here on Bekenstein. Oh, I love you too Miri. And stop reading Shepard’s messages. :P

Your loving sis

Oriana

“See? Even Oriana knows you poke through my messages.”Megan teased Miranda, who was giggling in spite of herself at her sister’s message, and the redhead was giggling as well. “Shut up! I do not read your messages!”Miranda huffed, still giggling softly. “Then how’d you know that Oriana sent me a message, and that she told me not to tell you anything?”Megan grinned predatorily as she leaned in to nibble gently on Miranda’s earlobe, making the brunette shiver involuntarily. “Okay, fine, I read it sometimes.”Miranda confessed with a smile and her eyes shut tight, savoring the feel of Megan’s warm, wet kisses trailing down her neck and finding her sensitive spot where her neck and shoulder met.

“So what’re you waiting for? Reply to your little sis that we’ll meet her today at 1900.”Megan prompted Miranda, who thought about it for awhile before she began to compose her reply.

Hi Oriana! It’s Miri, your big sis. I’m flattered by your pride in me. And I can’t believe you watch porn! That is very unbecoming of a proper young woman like you! Nevertheless, how about a meeting at 1900 at Milgrom Nature Reserve this evening? Besides, the Normandy will be stopping there at 1540 today, so how about some dinner and chitchat with me and Megan? I love you Ori, and I do NOT read my girlfriend’s messages like some demented stalker.

Your loving sis

Miranda

“What a terrible liar you are Miri. And you just told me you read my messages sometimes.”Megan scoffed teasingly as Miranda just turned around and smacked the redhead playfully on her chest with a wide grin on her beautiful face. “You’re coming along for dinner tonight Cassie. I want you to meet my sister.”Miranda smiled as Megan just rolled her eyes with a smile. “Of course. Who else are you going to bring along?”Megan joked as the XO just smacked her chest playfully once more. “You arse.”She laughed, unable to contain her excitement and being able to meet her sister and get to know her better. Besides, I want to show off my woman. Miranda thought with a large amount of possessiveness.

Even though Miranda was provided regular updates on her details of her sister’s life by Cerberus when she was still on its payroll, she never knew her sister personally. If only things could be diff-no wait, I would’ve never been reunited with Megan then. The brunette thought as Megan kissed her on her lips. “Well Miss Lawson, I think we should get dressed and head down for some breakfast and then get everything done.”Megan purred into Miranda’s ear, her hot, minty breath making the curvy ex-Cerberus officer shiver in anticipation. They did just that, but the hours just couldn’t fly by quickly enough for Miranda, who was practically bursting with anticipation to meet her sister especially when the Normandy docked at Milgrom’s port.

It was 1720, and both women were in their newly booked hotel suite dressing up for their meeting with Oriana. Miranda was fretting over what to wear, while Megan had picked out a hot pink blouse, a form fitting pair of jeans, complete with black high heels, and Miranda playfully slapped her buttocks through the jeans. Finally, Miranda settled on a frilly, pale yellow blouse that Megan had never seen her wear before, a pair of dark blue form fitting jeans and a pair of red high heels. “How do I look?”The brunette asked Megan, who just laughed and replied reassuringly. “You look really beautiful in that. What about myself?”Megan smiled reassuringly as Miranda appraised her dressing, and chose to focus on the jeans which revealed the curvature of her well toned posterior, and specifically said body part.

“You look great. And you do know that I have ways to convince you that my dressing is great, right?”Miranda said saucily with yet another wink as Megan just growled predatorily at her girlfriend, who simply laughed and appeased the redhead with a wet, sloppy kiss on her cheek before she led the Commander to the lift, still giggling. They left the hotel, hailed a taxi and headed to their destination. On the cab ride there, Miranda was trembling slightly with worry. Why am I so damn nervous? I should be over the bloody moon! Oh God, what if Ori doesn’t like Cassie? What if my bastard father finds out where sis is? What if- Miranda was interrupted from her thoughts by Megan, who noticed that Miranda was extremely nervous, giving her hand a reassuring squeeze.

“Hey Miri, it’s going to be ok. I promise.”The redhead smiled reassuringly at her nerve wracked girlfriend, and Miranda smiled back in agreement and returned the hand-squeeze. They arrived at the reserve at 1810, and inspected the meeting site for potential ambush points, and Megan briefly conversed with the 3 undercover N7 marines assigned to protect Oriana, who were doing a good job of establishing an overwatch without being seen. The other 3 were still around Oriana, making sure she was safe. Miranda was slightly surprised that her sister would have enough military knowledge to pick a wide open space so that an ambush was impossible, but she appreciated it nonetheless.

What Miranda didn’t know was that the entire meeting was orchestrated by Megan, who was touched by the love Miranda showered on her sister, going as far as not talking to her sister just to make sure that she was safe when they saved Oriana back on Illium. Megan had then convinced Miranda to talk to Oriana, and now Oriana knew she had an older sister looking out for her, and Miranda knew her younger sister loved her as much as she herself loved Oriana. Megan decided it was way overdue that Miranda actually got to know her sister personally.

Finally, Oriana appeared in a tight cyan t-shirt that read Charles Miller University Netball Team, faded blue jeans and a black handbag with the other three bodyguards trailing slightly behind her. Miranda was overcome by emotion at seeing her sister, and she ran towards the younger woman with tears of joy in her eyes and swept Oriana up into a tight, crushing embrace. “Oriana!”Miranda exclaimed joyfully, hugging her little sister close. “Sis, I can’t breathe! You’re crushing me!”Oriana wheezed as Miranda reluctantly pulled away looking into her sister’s light blue eyes with mirrored her own. “Sorry Ori. I’m just so happy to see you.”Miranda said sheepishly, trailing her fingers through Oriana’s jaw length black hair which was the same color as her own hair.

“Well, I’m happy to see you too big sis.”Oriana laughed as Megan approached them. “Commander Shepard, I’m so honored to meet you!”The young woman smiled at Megan, who was blushing slightly from the compliment, and offered her hand to the redhead. “Call me Megan, and you embarrass me with all those compliments.”Megan smiled as she gave Oriana a quick hug. “Oh right, gotta call my sis-in-law by her first name.”Oriana teased as both Megan and Miranda choked. “What? You mean you haven’t considered marriage? You two are perfect for each other!”Oriana teased the blushing couple who were holding hands. Both Megan and Miranda did talk and dream about getting married, but hearing it from someone else made them more reassured.

Miranda then noticed the knowing smile that passed between Megan and Oriana, and her inner operative immediately picked up on that and she began to investigate. “What did I miss between you two?”Miranda asked predatorily, her eyes narrowing into seductive, suspicious slits as she stared at Oriana, who gulped. “Nothing sis! I swear to God!”Oriana squeaked out in her Texan accent, acquired from her foster parents, who got Texan accents from their great-great grandparents despite never setting foot on Earth their entire lives. Knowing that Oriana was a carbon copy of her right down to the stubbornness, Miranda knew she’d never get anything out of Oriana and thus she turned to Megan.

“So...you’ve met each other before?”Miranda purred as Megan gulped involuntarily upon seeing the predatory, seductive yet accusatory stare fixed squarely on her honey green eyes. “No! Never! You must be imagining things!”Megan laughed nervously as Miranda just tilted her head slightly. “Hmm...swallowing and pupils are dilated...I’d say you’re lying.”She said breathily before she leaned in closer to whisper in Megan’s left ear. “I’m a pro at extracting intel out of everyone. So, will you tell me what’s going on, or do I need to...torture it out of you?”Miranda purred salaciously yet softly before she nibbled on Megan’s earlobe for extra emphasis, hoping it was quiet enough for Oriana not to hear. Unfortunately, it wasn’t soft enough.

“Eww! I don’t wanna know what my sis and her girlfriend do during their happy time!”Oriana squeaked out, comically plugging her ears with her index fingers. Both Megan and Miranda started blushing as they broke away from each other, causing Oriana to laugh at their obvious reactions, and both the Commander and XO broke out into embarrassed laughter, laughing along with Oriana. For once, the galaxy was made out of sunshine and cute bunnies. “Okay sis, I’ll settle the dinner. Come on you two, let’s go! I’m starving!”Oriana giggled, tugging both Megan and Miranda along by their hands. “Jeez Miri, you weren’t kidding when you said Oriana’s your twin. She’s even got your frakking huge appetite!”Megan chuckled as both Oriana and Miranda just punched her playfully, all three giggling in unison as they got into the hovercab.

20 minutes later, they pulled up in front of a Chinese takeaway restaurant. “C’mon girls, the Chinese at this place is awesome! If you don’t like it, I’ll eat your share!”Oriana laughed, insistently tugging at the arms of both Megan and Miranda as soon as Miranda paid the cab fare and the young woman half-dragged Megan and Miranda into the restaurant. Megan picked a table at the far corner that gave them an unobstructed view of the main entrance and the kitchen entrance, while the 6 undercover N7 bodyguards split up into pairs and took tables all around the restaurant. Leave it to Cassie to be on the lookout for our safety. Miranda thought with a wave of affection rising at the thought of Megan.

“Hey Shepard, Miranda! What’re you doing here?”A British voice piped up from the adjacent booth, and all three women turned at the sound of the voice. Thomas was sitting there, eating prawn lo-mien with Chloe, who was having the archetypal plate of fried rice with sweet and sour pork. “Thomas! What’re you doing here? Oh, Oriana, this is Thomas, our resident sniper, chief engineer and wise-arse, and Chloe, our field medic. Thomas, Chloe, this is my twin sister Oriana. ”Miranda smiled brightly as she introduced Chloe and Thomas to her beloved sister. “Pleased to meet you, Oriana.”Chloe smiled as she shook Oriana’s hand as Oriana returned the greeting before she turned to Thomas. “Well, you really do take after Miranda. My pleasure.”He smiled as he took Oriana’s hand in his own and kissed the back of her hand, making Oriana giggle.

“Don’t you dare seduce my sister Thomas.”Miranda warned with a scowl, but the mirth in her exquisite azure blue eyes gave her away. “You’re already cheating on me on our first date! It’s over!”Chloe pouted as Thomas’ jaw just dropped open. “I...I wasn’t...I...well...I...umm...”He stammered before all four women started laughing at the Englishman’s predicament. “Oh Tom! You’re so cute! And I was only joking!”Chloe laughed breathlessly as Thomas just growled at her. “Anyways, what’re you doing here?”Megan said breathlessly, still giggling slightly. “Oh, I heard that this place served the best Chinese food in Milgrom, so I took Chloe here on our first date.”He said, his smile returning as he hugged Chloe closer to his side, and the Frenchwoman returned the hug.

“Oh! Congratulations! Well, don’t let us interrupt your date!”Megan smiled before she, Miranda and Oriana took their seats, and Chloe and Thomas returned to their food, and they heard Chloe giggling and Thomas chuckling along with her. From the first day since Thomas had joined the team, he was attracted to the depressed doctor. He would spend nights with her, consoling her and telling her it wasn’t her fault that Tali died, and he would let her cry in his arms all night long in the mess. With his help, Chloe eventually came out of her depression, and in the process, he no longer felt guilty about his past. And thus, they’d started dating, and this was their first real date.

Megan and the sisters placed their orders, and while they waited for their food, they chatted about Oriana’s life, and their own exploits. And when they got to the topic of history when their food arrived, all 3 women, being ardent history buffs, got into a debate about the best historical leader. They ate while debating the ‘best’ leader in history, with Miranda’s vote firmly sticking with Winston Churchill, and Megan’s and Oriana’s with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack Obama respectively. They were briefly interrupted when Thomas and Chloe got up to leave, and they said their goodbyes and they parted ways, but not before Megan, Miranda and Oriana teased the couple till they blushed like tomatoes.

They continued debating until Megan had to go to the washroom a few minutes after they finished eating. “Okay girls, I’ll be off to the bathroom. I promise we’ll continue our argument later.”Megan said cheekily with a huge grin as she got up from her seat, and Miranda just smacked her side playfully, joining Oriana in her laughter. “You know sis, I like her. She’s a smart, funny and strong yet gentle woman. Don’t let her slip by.”Oriana advised her older sister, her expression changing from happy to serious in a heartbeat. “I know Ori. Thanks for telling me though, but I’ll have to disagree with you on the gentle woman part.”Miranda smiled innocently, happy that her sister liked Megan, and Oriana took the bait. “Why’d you say that Megan’s not gentle?”

“Because...she’s anything but gentle when we’re alone in bed.”Miranda whispered salaciously as Oriana just rolled her eyes and plugged her ears once more. “For fucks sakes sis, I done told you I don’t wanna hear what you two do in bed!”She groaned as Miranda’s expression hardened. “Oriana Janine Lawson, watch your language! A proper young woman like you should never use such words!”The older Lawson sister chided, and her eyes widened, her face reddened with anger and her mouth opened and closed noiselessly in shock, struggling to form a reply when Oriana replied by sticking out her tongue and both her middle fingers at Miranda.

“Haha! You should’ve seen your expression...fucking priceless, I swear.”Oriana laughed, and her twin joined in her laughter despite herself, unable to control her joy at seeing her sister safe and happy, and better yet, they were getting to know each other better without any danger. When they finally managed to control their laughter, Oriana spoke up. “You know sis, I know this is gonna sound cheesy as shit, but I tell you, Megan will go through hell and back just for you. And she’d willingly do anything for you.”Oriana said, slightly out of breath. “Thank you for telling me again sis. I’d do the same for her as well.”Miranda smiled, infinitely happy that Oriana really liked Megan and could even sense the love they had for each other. It was one thing to know that someone loved you to bits, but having an outsider tell you so was extremely heartwarming.

“Sis? Can you keep a secret?”Oriana asked softly, her tone serious as Miranda leaned in to hear her sister better. “Sure. What’s the secret Ori?” “Megan planned all of this. I mean the entire meeting, from the meeting up to this dinner. Hell, that woman pulled everything off right under your nose, and she instructed me not to tell you. She really loves you, Miri.”Oriana said in a hushed tone as Miranda’s eyes widened in pleasant surprise. The meeting point, the knowing smiles, the positioning of their current restaurant table...it all made sense now. Just when I thought I couldn’t be any deeper in love with my Cassie, she pulls a stunt like this right under my nose...oh Cassie... Miranda thought happily as her loving emotions toward Megan overwhelmed her, and a lone tear of happiness fell from her beautiful eyes which were tearing up with tears of joy and affection.

“What’s wrong sis? I said something wrong?”Oriana asked, her voice and countenance worried. “No-no! I’m just so happy...”Miranda trailed off, wiping away her tears of joy as she smiled a big, contented smile. “Well, I guess I’ll just have to...reward Megan when we get back to our suite.”Miranda said cheekily as Oriana just buried her pretty face in her hands. “Goddammit sis, I really don’t wanna know what you and Megan do in bed at night!”She whined as Miranda just giggled at her reaction, and continued teasing her. “Actually...we don’t get dirty only at night. Sometimes, we do it during the day too.”She grinned cheekily as Oriana just stuck her fingers into her ears once again.

Megan came back from her trip to the restroom, and she noticed Oriana sticking her fingers into her ear and Miranda grinning like a madwoman. “So, what’ve you girls been talking about?”She asked and Miranda replied innocently. “Nothing much. Just sister talk.”The older brunette said, as if the two words explained everything. Megan just nodded and smiled knowingly at Oriana as she took her seat, and the young woman finally spoke up. “Miri, Megan, would you like to have a sleepover for a week at my house?”Oriana asked Miranda and Megan, who looked at her. “Wait, would your parents approve of this?”Miranda asked hesitantly. “Yeah, they’re cool with it.”Oriana said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulders.

“I’m sorry, but I’ve got that damn meeting with the Council. You go ahead Miri.”Megan spoke up, smiling reassuringly at Miranda. “But...I...I need to be with you, right?”Miranda started to protest, but her redheaded lover gently interrupted her. “It’s ok Miri, your sister is more important. Go on, say yes.” “Well...um...if it’s ok with your parents, then...I’ll stay with you for a couple of weeks Ori.”Miranda said, looking uncertainly at Oriana. “Of course it is silly! So I’ll meet you tomorrow at my house at one o’clock, okay? Oh, I’ll send you the address later.”Oriana laughed lightly at her sister’s discomfort.

The three women continued chatting away, and it was 2200 when Oriana had to go home. “Still got school tomorrow. See you tomorrow sis!”She laughed as she hailed a cab, and 3 of her bodyguards got in with her, the other 3 hailing another one and following her. Megan and Miranda waved at Oriana’s departing cab, and could see Oriana looking out the back and waving back at them with the light of the streetlamps. They hailed another one, and they spent the trip back to their hotel in silence. As soon as they got back into their suite’s bedroom, Miranda literally pounced on Megan and pinned the redhead to the bed, the brunette’s thighs by Megan’s hips. “Miri, what’s gotten into you?”Megan gasped as Miranda began kissing Megan fervently before replying.

“I just want to say thank you...for everything. For teaching me how to live again. For saving me and my sister. For loving me.”Miranda replied, breaking off the kiss as Megan laughed lightly, a sound that Miranda treasured more than anything else in the galaxy. “Is that all, Miss Lawson?”She teased with a smirk on her face. “No, actually. And I found out you planned the whole meeting. Thank you so much Cassie. This means a lot to me.”Miranda said, her voice laden with gratitude as she silenced the Commander with a finger on her lips. “So just lie here tonight and let me...thank you.”Miranda purred, winking salaciously as she lifted her blouse over her head, giggling a little at her Cassie’s open-mouthed surprise. Once again, the two women spent the night making passionate love as a form of Miranda’s ‘gratitude’.

The next day, Miranda arrived in front of her sister’s apartment block slightly before the appointed time. Why on earth am I so nervous? She thought as she shuffled around nervously, waiting for her sister to return home from school and perspiring profusely under the hot Bekenstein summer sun. 10 minutes later, Oriana arrived home with her parents. “Oh my gosh sis, how long have you been out here?”Oriana asked, concerned for Miranda, who was starting to look like a boiled lobster due to her creamy, flawless white complexion that was unused to the sun. “Don’t worry, just a few minutes.” Miranda reassured her sister before she turned to Oriana’s foster parents shyly.

“Hello again, Miss Lawson.”Mr. Parker, Oriana’s adoptive father, spoke up as he offered his hand to Miranda in greeting. “Please Mr Parker, just call me Miranda.”Miranda said with a bright smile as she shook the man’s hand. “Well, then call me Linus, and my wife Emily.”Mr. Parker guffawed in a deep Texan accent as Mrs. Parker shook Miranda’s hand. “My goodness Miranda, you are unbelievably beautiful just like Oriana.”Mrs. Parker beamed at Miranda, who blushed slightly from the compliment, but it wasn’t visible from under her impromptu tan. “You should really stop inflating Oriana’s ego Emily. She’s already conceited enough.”Miranda joked at Oriana’s expense, and both Parkers laughed.

“Sis! You’re so mean!”Oriana whined as the other 3 just continued laughing as they headed up to the Parkers’ apartment. It was actually more of a penthouse, and Miranda instantly fell in love with the view it afforded of the city and skyline. After she was shown to her room and she unpacked her bag, the Parkers and the sisters sat down on the lavish sofa in the spacious living room and chatted about Miranda and her life while they snacked on sandwiches and coffee that the maid had made. Oriana took every single opportunity to tease her older sister about her love life with Megan, who was presently at the Citadel awaiting the meeting. By the end of the teatime conversation, Miranda’s blush was clearly visible even through her red skin, and this delighted Oriana no end.

Miranda already knew that Mr. Parker was an accountant, and Mrs. Parker a preschool teacher, but she never knew the amusing details, and she listened intently to every word they said and laughed along with them. Also, Miranda took the opportunity to learn the little details of Oriana’s life, which she was never able to when she was still in Cerberus. Finally, it was dinner time, and they ate heartily the delicious dinner, which Mrs. Parker had insisted on preparing, while continuing their conversation. 17 years of Oriana’s and Miranda’s life was a lot to catch up on, and it lasted till way past 2300, and they had to reluctantly stop the conversation, but Oriana promised Miranda that the next day would be great.

The next day, Oriana brought Miranda to the zoo, and they chatted and marveled at the various animals on display at the zoo. As both of them shared a common interest in zoology, they got into a debate about animals, and they were still debating 3 hours later when they were having lunch in a restaurant in one of Milgrom’s most prestigious malls that Oriana frequented. After their lunch, they did the ultimate female bonding activity: shopping. Usually, Miranda, being a very practical lady, would balk at the kind of frivolous spending that she and her sister were currently doing, but she simply couldn’t care less at the moment, trying on all sorts of dresses and shoes with her younger sister, and both were giggling like schoolgirls throughout, completely happy in each other’s company.

6 hours later, both women arrived home with dozens of bags of clothes and shoes, to the Parkers’ slight disapproval. “Oh no, I wonder how I’ll ever get this back onto the ship.”Miranda chuckled in amazement as she surveyed her shopping bags which were laden with assorted footwear and clothing items. “Aww, you’re already thinking about your girlfriend!”Oriana mock-pouted as Miranda just smiled at her sister’s obvious fake pout. “I’m sorry Ori, but I can’t stop thinking of Megan even though I’m really happy with you right here. It’s really true, absence does make the heart fonder.”The older brunette smiled at her sister as they hugged each other. “So...what does that datapad over there have?”Oriana smiled cheekily as she went for Miranda’s personal datapad on the dresser.

Miranda dived across the queen sized bed to stop Oriana, but to no avail. “Oriana, no! Don’t look in it!”Miranda pleaded, panicking as she rose to her feet and lunged at her sister, but Oriana quickly cracked the passcode, sidestepped Miranda’s lunge and looked into Miranda’s most private file. “Oh my god Miri, you are such a dirty girl! And you have the cheek to scold me for watching porn!”Oriana flopped back down onto the bed gasping in shock when she saw nudes of Megan in very suggestive positions and engaging in some solo sexual acts for the camera in the folder, and Miranda went scarlet-faced in response, unable to form any response of any kind.

“Holy shit Miri...Megan-the great Commander Megan Cassandra Shepard actually posed nude just for you?”Oriana squeaked out as Miranda just nodded her head in shame, still blushing furiously. “Actually, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t turned on myself.”Oriana chuckled as Miranda looked up at her disbelievingly. “What? You’re bi?”Miranda gasped in shock. “Yeah. But I want to marry a nice, strong man at the end though. I’m just fooling around with girls just for the fun of it.”Oriana replied with an innocent grin on her face as Miranda struggled but failed to form a reply at her sister’s shocking confession. “Just don’t tell my mom, or she’ll kill me. Night night sis.”Oriana said sweetly as she walked out of Miranda’s room, leaving the brunette stunned and holding her datapad.

The next day, the Parkers and the sisters went to church, and Miranda was swept away by the powerful message of grace preached at the church. No wonder Megan’s an ardent Christian. Miranda thought, a wave of affection rising in her chest when she thought about her Megan. After that, Oriana and her foster parents had to go to the hospital for Mr Parker’s medical, and Miranda was left alone in the penthouse. After an hour of surfing the extranet, Miranda was thoroughly bored and she thus started poking around the house. She had just finished poking through her sister’s room when a concealed yellow box caught her sharp eyes. Pulling it out and opening it, her eyes widened when she saw the contents of the box.

However, a diabolical grin soon materialized on Miranda’s pretty face as she came up with a payback plan for Oriana. Not only will I get payback, I can also...satisfy myself with the contents of this box and those holos on my pad. Hearing the front door open, she quickly put everything back into its original place, and ran and hid the box in her own room before anyone knew what she’d done. As such, the rest of Sunday passed without incident. On Monday, after the Parkers left for work, Oriana took Megan out on a day in town. They went on another all-day shopping spree, and when they got home, Oriana’s foster parents chided both her and Miranda for buying so much, and both girls just stood there grinning sheepishly.

On Tuesday morning, after the Parkers left for work again, Oriana approached Miranda looking quite flustered. “Miri, did you see a yellow box under my bed? That box has all my...um...important stuff!”Oriana asked frantically as Miranda suppressed a knowing grin. “I didn’t see it. Well, let me help you find it.”Miranda smiled at her sister, unable to conceal her smile anymore. Fortunately, Oriana didn’t notice in her panic as she flatly refused Miranda’s help. After searching for one entire morning, Oriana finally gave up and brought Miranda to Milgrom’s largest amusement park in the afternoon, and she discovered that Miranda was deathly afraid of rollercoasters.

Oriana sadistically insisted on riding the rollercoaster two more times, and Miranda would be screaming in terror the whole time, and by the end of each ride, Miranda would be panting with her eyes shut tight. Finally taking pity on the poor, terrified woman, Oriana decided to bring Miranda on the Ferris wheel, where Miranda finally calmed down. They went on more rides and played some games at the booths before they had dinner and went home, completely happy that they spent so much quality time together. The rest of the week was taken up by more recreational activities between the 2 sisters alone.

Finally, the one week was up, and Megan stood in front of the shuttle as Miranda hugged her sister goodbye. “Visit me soon sis!”Oriana laughed as they broke the loving, sisterly embrace. “I will sis! See you soon!”Miranda called back as Megan shook her head at her with a smile on her face. “Jeez Miri. Just 1 week and you’ve bought so much stuff.”She chuckled as the Parkers, Oriana and Miranda laughed. “Oh and by the way Ori, I discovered your important yellow box.”Miranda said mischievously, opening the box and bringing it in front of Oriana and her parents. The Parkers took one look at the contents of the box, and they turned to Oriana with their jaws slack as the blood drained from her pretty face.

In it were 2 small vibrators, a large one, and a large stash of Fornax magazines. “Oriana, you have a lot of explaining to do!”Mrs Parker said sternly to Oriana who was staring slack jawed at a laughing Miranda. “Consider that payback for all the teasing you’ve done to me, and the torture you put me through on that rollercoaster ride.”Miranda stuck out her tongue at Oriana while grinning sadistically as she closed the shuttle door. “Sis, you’re so mean!”Was Oriana’s last cry before the shuttle took off, bringing Megan and Miranda, who were roaring with laughter, back to the Normandy.

Final notes: This was quite tough to write, given that Bioware gave us writers nearly nothing to work with on Oriana’s character. So this is my take, and I hope you guys liked it. Oh yeah, my bad about the late update, my architecture project and intensive rugby training made me too exhausted to write fast. Anyways, REVIEW, favorite and subscribe. Peace, and you readers are cool.